My neighbor has 6 shopping carts in her garden

[CaseyTT]

As the title says, my neighbor has 6 large shopping carts in her garden - the kind you use in the grocery store.

It looks awful and so untidy. I'm not sure what she actually does with them. Aibu to say something to her?

The name of the supermarket the trolleys belong to should be on the handle. Give the local supermarket a ring and tell them they have been stolen/ dumped in neighbouring garden. They should come and collect them .

Shopping carts? Grocery store? Are you in the U.S op?

Garden would be a vegetable patch in the US, I thought. I'm intrigued as to the choice of language here too!

@Whammyyammy

Shopping carts? Grocery store? Are you in the U.S op?

What possible difference does it make where she lives?

Call the shop. Those things are worth a mint.

@malmi

Garden would be a vegetable patch in the US, I thought. I'm intrigued as to the choice of language here too!

Actually 'yard'.

Call the store or report to the council depending on the tenancy before approaching her.
Is it a new thing or is the garden full of crap?

@Whammyyammy

Shopping carts? Grocery store? Are you in the U.S op?

Quick! Someone on another thread is saying "diaper" instead of "nappy." Go sneer at them!

Perhaps she is a hoarder- it's a serious mental health issue and , if she is, is likely to collect more. Or perhaps she is one of those people who just dumps stuff in their garden and couldn't give a shit about their surroundings.
What is she like to talk to?

If you're in the UK, just contact the company and they'll get them collected.

What are you going to say?

'Can l borrow one?'

What do you mean by 'actually yard'?

@Whammyyammy

Shopping carts? Grocery store? Are you in the U.S op?

Must be, we say trolleys here!

@malmi

What do you mean by 'actually yard'?

Well it's a vegetable patch if it's a vegetable patch. Garden is actually yard in a lot of North America.

Oh and neighbour, not neighbor.

Mumsnet isn’t exclusively British I hope?!

No idea about the shopping carts/ trolleys but yes I’d want to ring the supermarket and mention it and hope they’d have a word to ask her to stop taking them. Usually they have brakes on i thought so that they don’t work outside the store to prevent exactly this.

You can report the trolleys to the shop they're from by calling customer services, or use the Trolleywise app.

Are they somewhere they can be collected easily or is your neighbour hoarding trolleys in a back garden?

Use the TrolleyWise app, they'll just take them hopefully!

We couldn't possibly comment OP, for you have deigned to use American words and spellings. 🙄 Call the cops police!

I'd contact the nearest branch of the store they belong to, as others have suggested, they should be able to collect them. It is a bit odd though!

Those trolleys are expensive for the supermarkets I understand, that's why they are chained up. It's like stealing to take them.

Aside from whether you're on this or the other side of the pond, my first thought was to go over and line them up so they look tidy. Can you do that? Would love a pic!

Is she in any pain/ elderly? My grandma often chose to lean on the trolley to help her get around the supermarket - perhaps she's using them as aids to get home and then unable to return them?

I expect people are wondering if the OP is American because the advice might be different if she were. E.g Trolleywise might not exist in the US

Ah I'd never heard of that app - thanks!

She seems quite normal otherwise and the rest of the garden actually looks fine. It's just these trolleys - it's so odd!!

I was trying to think of a reasonable explanation but I cannot come up with one!

I live in the UK but I wasn't born here... sorry if I used the wrong words or spellings. :(